Compatibility Testing Practice Exam

About Compatibility Testing
Compatibility is non-functional testing to ensure customer satisfaction. It is to determine whether your software application or product is proficient enough to run in different browsers, database, hardware, operating system, mobile devices, and networks.

The application could also impact due to different versions, resolution, internet speed and configuration etc. Hence it’s important to test the application in all possible manners to reduce failures and overcome from embarrassments of bug’s leakage. As a Non- functional tests, Compatibility testing is to endorse that the application runs properly in different browsers, versions, OS and networks successfully.

Compatibility test should always perform in the real environment instead of a virtual environment.

Why is Compatibility Testing important?
Compatibility testing helps ensure complete customer satisfaction as it checks whether the application performs or operates as expected for all the intended users across multiple platforms. Compatibility testing is to check the application working in the same way for all platforms.

Usually, dev team and testing team test the application in the single platform. But the once application released in the production, the customer may test our product in different platform and they may find bugs in the application which is not worthy in terms of quality.

To reduce such issues and not to upset your customers it is important to test the application in all platforms.

Who should take the Compatibility Testing Exam?
•    Software testing or QA professionals
•    Anyone who wants to assess their software testing skills
•    Software testing or QA managers and senior executives
•    Professionals working in outsourced companies responsible for software testing or QA
•    Software testing or QA consultants
•    Students

Knowledge and Skills required for the Compatibility Testing Practice Exam

Critical thinking and communication skills helps candidate to gain success in compatibility testing career.

Compatibility Testing Practice Exam Objective

Compatibility Testing exam focuses on assessing in concepts and application of software testing, testing artifacts and compatibility test management.

Compatibility Testing Practice Exam Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites for the Compatibility Testing exam.

Compatibility Testing Certification Course Outline

1. Software Testing Basics
1.1 Scope
1.2 Functional vs. Non-Functional testing
1.3 Defects and failures
1.4 Finding faults early
1.5 Compatibility
1.6 Input combinations and preconditions
1.7 Static vs. dynamic testing
1.8 Software verification and validation
1.9 The software testing team
1.10 Software quality assurance (SQA)
1.11 Testing Methods - The box approach

2. The Testing Process
2.1 Traditional CMMI or waterfall development model
2.2 Capability Maturity Model Integration
2.3 Waterfall model
2.4 Agile or Extreme development model

3. Automated testing
3.1 Code-driven testing
3.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing
3.3 What to test
3.4 Framework approach in automation
3.5 Defining boundaries between automation framework and a testing tool
3.6 Testing tools
3.7 Measurement in software testing

4. Testing Artifacts
4.1 Test plan
4.2 Traceability matrix
4.3 Test case
4.4 Test script
4.5 Test suite
4.6 Test data
4.7 Test harness

5. Compatibility Testing
5.1 Compatibility Testing Need
5.2 Defining target audience
5.3 Finding out the prevalent platforms
5.4 Spotting and extrapolating the trends
5.5 Real users and user proxies
5.6 Sensitivity of application to platform-related factors
5.7 Typical sensitivities and the ways to test them
5.8 Compatibility risks

Exam Format and Information
Certification name – Compatibility Testing Certification
Exam duration – 60 minutes
Exam type - Multiple Choice Questions
Eligibility / pre-requisite - None
Exam language - English
Exam format - Online
Passing score - 25
Exam Fees  - INR 1199